SCSI errors with Adaptec 2200S RAID

[up at 3.am]

Please cc replies directly to me, as I am not subscribed to the lists.

With some help from here, I was able to get this RAID card to see our
external DLT (QUANTUM 4000) SCSI tape drive by installing the aacp (pass
through) driver in addition to the aac driver.  camcontrol now works, as
do basic mt commands and amcheck (amanda check).

However, (amanda) dumps either hang, fail completely or fail after
transfering very little data.  On the console, I see:

(sa0:aacp1:0:4:0): READ(06). CDB8 0 0 0 20 0 0
(sa0:aacp1:0:4:0): NO SENSE ILI (length mismatch): -24576 csi:0,0,0,1

At this point the device is completely unresponsive, and the only way to
get the system to see it again is to reboot the whole server.  I tried
ordering a 3 ft cable, thinking I was pushing my luck with the 6 ft (I've
had this problem with SCSI cables in the past), but the problem persists.

The same drive (which has an active terminator) has been working fine for
years on a different box using an Intel L440GX+ MB's on-board SCSI port.

Once again, any helpful replies are greatly appreciated!

James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
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